Conax introduces Contego-as-a-Service in the cloud

Conax has announced that the company will feature its new Contego-as-a-Service cloud-based content protection service at this year’s ANGA COM in Cologne.

The flexible, modular offering includes the full benefits of the flagship Conax Contego unified security platform supporting DVB, IPTV and OTT plus all key DRM technologies enabling operators to provide streamlined consumer experience across devices and technologies.

Contego-as-a-Service provides pay-TV platforms with a business model for supporting future growth by featuring low CAPEX, reduced operational complexity, premium scalability and rapid deployment of new features such as secure TV everywhere and streamlined content delivery.

At AngaCom, content security specialist Conax will also feature demonstrations of its Conax GO Live entry-level live streaming solution including its newest features such as analytics, AirPlay and Chromecast support. Conax will also demonstrate its benchmark multi-DRM back-end throughout the show at Hall 10.2, stand # E11. Conax will be exhibiting together with Kudelski Group sisters Nagra and SmarDTV.

“Hosted, monitored and maintained by Conax, Contego-as-a-Service’s highly flexible content protection in the cloud will enable operators of all shapes and sizes to focus on their core business by outsourcing specialist services like content security to Conax”, confirms Tom Jahr, EVP products and marketing, Conax.

“The unique Conax Contego modular back-end behind Contego-as-a-Service enables key operator business benefits such as premium scalability, easy integration of new advanced features and complimentary partner technologies, fast deployment and low investment in on-site hardware to quickly and securely cultivate and tap growth opportunities in the digital content delivery landscape.”

Conax Connected Access set to launch

Conax Connected Access multi-purpose IPTV client should launch in the next quarter, with the first commercial deployment taking place shortly afterwards.

Speaking to Broadband TV News, Tom Jahr, EVP and head of product and marketing at Conax, said the solution’s advanced hybrid approach provides a next generation, multipurpose security client safeguarding broadcast, OTT, IPTV and the connected home.

Its flexible architecture integrates CAS and DRM providing one single security client across all devices and networks.

According to Jahr, the solution based on Kudelski Group technology collaboration will be a game-changer in the IPTV business and should secure the more telco business.

He added that, along with the Conax Contego unified security hub, the Conax Contego as a Service, cloud platform will allow the company to offer customers a hosted service.

Meanwhile, Erik Andersen, director area sales, Conax, said that Conax Connected Access creates new opportunities for operators to utilise two-way IP connectivity.

The advanced two-way solution will allow for the delivery of a variety of services including catch-up and VOD and furthermore will provide operators with invaluable information about their customers.

Conax provides Android STB update

Conax expects to implement security architecture for Android STBs sometime in mid-2016.

Speaking to Broadband TV News, Tor Helge Kristiansen, EVP principal architect, said that it is currently being developed with chipset and STB vendors.

He added that the solution involves separating the broadcast and app environments within the same box, keeping the former secure while retaining openness and flexibility for the latter.

There are two options for putting Android on STBs, namely an open source model and Android TV, and Conax is working on both.

A major advantage Android has is speed of innovation.

There are some 230,000 registered Android developers and it is easy to find a team to build an app.

freeSAT opts for Conax

The Czech and Slovak DTH platform freeSAT is set to start using conditional access supplied by Conax.

According to Parabola, it will be incorporated in HD receivers to be introduced in the market at a future date.

UPC has used several conditional access systems on its DTH platforms.

The original CryptoWorks was disconnected and replaced by Irdeto. Nagra MA is used for the operator’s HD boxes and Conax will be in its new HD receivers. The decision to opt for Conax is influenced by the fact that the system is already used by Focus Sat, UPC DTH’s leading platform in terms of subscriber numbers, in Romania.

Conax/StarTimes extend African cooperation

Conax has entered into a contract with StarTimes to co-develop a media gateway solution for its Africa operations.

In their expanded cooperation, Conax will provide StarTimes, which has over 5 million DTT and DTH subscribers in 16 countries, with security client Conax Trusted Link, security expertise and the technical blueprint for designing and deploying a complete, secure multi-room service.

The unique new “Whole Home” solution will provide an advanced service for African households, making it much easier to share live TV and PVR within the home, without needing an internet connection.

The latter is a key differentiator between the unique stand-alone Conax/StarTimes solution and traditional media gateway solutions. Delivery is planned for Q4 this year.

Pang Xinxing, StarTimes group chairman and president, said: “StarTimes is the fastest-growing digital TV operator in Africa with an ambition to ensure our brands are perceived as highly reliable operators offering a colorful bouquet of services and the highest quality customer service, at competitive rates. As we plan our advanced platform, the new solution with Conax provides an extremely attractive service offering as well as the opportunity for StarTimes Africa operators to introduce multi-room and multiscreen features without adding additional hardware.

“I am highly confident that our long time technical partner and security advisor Conax has the knowledge and expertise to help us develop and deliver a range of advanced new services and future-ready platform to further grow our business across Africa.”

Morten Solbakken, president and CEO, Conax, added: “Conax is very excited to embark on this exciting venture together with StarTimes.

“And we are highly proud of StarTimes and Mr. Pang Xinxing’s commitment to Conax for guidance and security advice in developing an advanced, future-oriented platform ready for new advanced services, supporting their growth ambitions in new markets.

“Conax has an 11 year relationship with StarTimes. The joint media gateway initiative is yet another example of innovation that Conax is creating together with StarTimes and their highly skilled technical team.”

Conax extends executive line-up

Conax has announced key strategic enhancements to its senior management.

They see Tor Helge Kristiansen, EVP principal architect and with over 20 years of experience, will hold a complementary function encompassing both a key advisory role for strategic planning, and a trigger for executing on strategy with long term global trends in mind.

He will also play a central role in technology collaboration initiatives with other Kudelski Group entities.

Meanwhile, Tom Jahr will take responsibility for Conax Marketing in his new role as EVP products & marketing.

In an additional strategic move, the company has elevated its senior regional heads, namely; Thomas Blichfeldt, Sr. VP EMEA Sales Rohit Mehra, Sr. VP Americas, and Are Mathisen, Sr. VP APAC Sales.

Earlier this year, Conax also introduced an EVP Services role to head its newly established Services Division. Erik Abrahamsen is named acting EVP Services.
Commenting on the changes, Morten Solbakken, president and CEO, Conax, said: “I am very excited about the top-level enhancements we’ve made; positioning the Conax organization for executing on the next phases of our long-term strategy.
“Serving a highly dynamic industry, our goal is to continually tap and evolve our organizational resources to best leverage the expertise, products and solutions we provide to our customers – through a dynamic, agile organization. Further energizing our executive line-up with increased focus on stronger regional roles, long-term trends and re-aligning marketing closer to our products division are a natural effect of continuously cultivating the Conax organization to best serve our global network of customers and partners”.

Conax establishes Beijing test centre

Conax is in the final stages of establishing a Conax test centre in Beijing.

The facility will provide authorised pre-testing and conformity testing services certifying client device conformance for Conax content protection functionality requirements. Conax works closely with a wide range of STB partners and other device manufacturers to ensure Conax enabled client devices are developed according to its strict requirements for functionality and security. The new test hub extends the security provider’s current offering for 3rd party test facilities in Europe and India and aims to offer cost efficient access for set-top box manufacturers and partners in Asia Pacific.

The Conax testing facility in Beijing will be available from early May 2015.

“During the last 2 years, Conax has security integrated close to 200 STB models,” confirmed Erik Abrahamsen, acting EVP Services, Conax.

“While a very high percentage of the manufacturers are based in Asia, we are pleased to introduce a regional offering for our partners. Establishing a test center closer to our STB partners will provide flexibility and reduced costs for STB projects, benefiting both our partners and our customers – leading pay-TV operators across the globe.”

“It’s a great opportunity to further develop Kudelski Group synergies. It will contribute to extend our service offering that set-top box manufacturers will benefit from,” said Hervé Goupil, VP device integration and trusted platform, Nagra.

“Having more than 10 years of experience in testing STB models, we have the capability to ramp up quickly and efficiently a dedicated team for Conax activities.”

ALi provides STB chipsets to Conax, StarTimes

ALi Corporation, Taiwan based set-top-box chipset provider, partnered with Conax, Norway based STB manufacturer and StarTimes, digital television operator in Africa. ALi chipset solutions are integrated on Conax set-top-boxes which helps StarTimes to provide quality and affordable STB solutions in African markets.

“ALi offers a full spectrum of chipset solutions including standard definition and high definition DVB-T2 and S2 SoC solutions as well as S2+T2 combo platforms to meet Africa’s DTV needs. With StarTimes’ vast operations throughout Africa and Conax’s security technologies, our partnerships will bring high-quality, affordable STB solutions within reach for more people in the region,” said Tony Chang, General Manager of Broadcast and Broadband Media Business Unit at ALi.

“Conax certified content security delivered on ALi STB chipsets enables robust protection of StarTimes extensive services. We look forward to further strengthening these strategic partnerships and continuing to deliver future-oriented solutions to capture the booming opportunities in African markets,” said Morten Solbakken, President & CEO of Conax.

Conax boosts Kudelski performance

The Kudelski Group has posted revenues of CHF895.1 million (€836.8 million) for 2014, a 7.1% increase on the previous year.

Its operating income and net incomes amounted to CHF68.1 million (+24.9%) and CHF50.4 million (+27.9%) respectively.

In its latest set of results, the group notes that the acquisition of Conax, the integration of which is fully on track, has provided both technology synergies as well as cross-selling opportunities for products like OpenTV5 connectware, Media Live multiscreen solutions and SmartDTV devices.

The group’s Integrated Digital TV (iDTV) revenues increased by 9.8% to CHF648.4 million in 2014, representing a 10.2% constant currency growth.

The European iDTV sector posted constant currency growth of 3.1%, while Southern European markets, including Italy, Spain and Portugal, started to recover following the decline of the previous years, increasing their revenue contribution from 2013.

With the addition of Conax, the group significantly strengthened its position in Scandinavia and in some key Eastern European markets.

However, the group’s Northern European markets experienced lower growth compared to the previous year, with the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands posting lower 2014 revenues.
The Americas region generated constant currency growth of 12.5%, with revenues reaching CHF274.7 million in 2014, while the Asia/Pacific and Africa region posted constant currency growth of 19.1%, reflecting strong momentum in the second half of the year.

Overall, operating income from the iDTV segment improved by 25.8%, reaching CHF71.8 million in 2014.

Conax provides pay TV security for Millicom's Tigo DTH in LatAm

Conax providing Millicom Tigo Star brand with robust pay-TV revenue assurance in LatAm

• Providing a highly reliable and scalable foundation for future growth, including easy expansion for additional business models such as multiscreen and multi-network content delivery

AMSTERDAM — IBC Expo — Conax, part of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) and a leader in total service protection for pay-for-media, content owners and entertainment services, today announced it is providing the international telecommunications and media company, Millicom, with content protection for its expanding cable and satellite Pay TV operations under the Tigo Star brand. Conax has entered a Supply Agreement with Millicom for its Tigo DTH LatAm operations. Millicom has deployed the Conax Contego Broadcast™ highly scalable and unified security back-end for future-oriented, total service protection and harmonized services for its operations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia which launched in recent months.

Tigo has seen significant development of its Satellite and Cable operations in the past 12 months.

In LatAm, Millicom operations serve over 700 thousand pay-TV subscribers in Latin America and are growing rapidly. Conax’ flexible, intuitive and scalable Conax Contego™ security back-end is providing operational simplicity for Tigo and can enable smooth integration of additional services.

“We chose security partner Conax because its technology is robust, scalable and integrates seamlessly into our cable and satellite platforms,” said Luciano Marino, Millicom’s VP Cable, Home and Digital Media.

“We are delighted to be working with Millicom to help their operators realize the delivery of affordable, available and accessible products and services, securely, while reducing the complexity of content protection,” says Rohit Mehra, VP Americas, Conax. Conax is providing Millicom with a a highly reliable and scalable foundation for future growth, including easy expansion to additional business models such as multiscreen and multi-network content delivery for solutions that help enable digital TV operators to think beyond silo-based conditional access approaches – and beyond managed networks for an enhanced consumer experience.

Conax makes first Nagra contribution

The Kudelski Group’s acquisition of Conax has boosted the security to technology company in the first half of the year.

A number of key initiatives have been launched that are expected to bring cost savings across the group. These include improved sourcing arrangements for smartcards and better leveraging SmarDTV’s solutions in the CAM business.

There are also plans to accelerate the cross selling of products such as TV5 connectware, MediaLive multiscreen solutions and SmarDTV devices.

The 9.5% increase in revenues, when compared to the first six months of 2014 has also been boosted by a patent cross-licence agreement with Cisco.

Kudelski Group reported operating income of CHF 27.7 million, representing growth of 79.9% over the first half 2013. Net income from continuing operations improved from CHF 10.7 million to CHF 18.3 million.

OpenTV5 deployments are progressing with the commercial launch at Starhub, Singapore in April.

A new content security solution has also gone in Israel’s HOT cable network, while the French Numericable selected NAGRA Media PRM and NAGRA Media Player SDK to enable its new Multiscreen application on Android and iOS (see separate story).

K-Vision deploys Conax’s content protection solution

Indonesia’s recently launched pay-DTH platform which is owned by Kompas Gramedia Group, K-Vision, has signed a technology deal with Norway-based TV encryption, conditional access and content security provider, Conax.

Conax will deploy Contego Plus solution to provide advanced content protection; which will enable K-Vision to monetize Fifa World Cup broadcasting rights and to deploy new services.

“The flexibility of the advanced, proven content security back-end and advisory role provided by Conax will enable K-Vision to easily grow with new business models and content package distribution technologies to further develop our business with lucrative product differentiation and advanced marketing strategies,” said Harya Pratama, Executive Director at K-Vision.

K-Vision is planning to include hybrid networks and new business models, such as multiscreen services as its business grows. K-Vision is gearing up to offer 65 international channel in SD and HD and several local channels, in addition to sports channels.

Conax and Anevia partner for OTT delivery

Anevia, a provider pf video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV and VoD has announced a new collaboration with Conax.

“Integrating Anevia’s ViaMotion Plus and CDN solutions with the Conax Contego Unite content protection platform, this collaboration simplifies the OTT equation for operators worldwide: they can now accelerate and monetise the deployment of OTT services over a wide range of devices and formats while ensuring optimal content, service and device protection,” according to Anevia.

“We are proud to partner with such a highly regarded security solutions provider”, says Damien Lucas, Anevia EVP and Co-Founder. “The Conax Contego feature set is extremely rich and therefore highly invaluable to customers looking to build and monetize advanced multiscreen services. And while this partnership clearly benefits the many customers we have in common, it also creates a natural opportunity for our joint partners to develop new business around OTT.”

“We are pleased to announce that Anevia is one of the newest partners leveraging the Conax Connect Partner Program to achieve fast integration and testing through the Conax Connect Integration Lab. The joint solution with Anevia offers hard to beat flexibility and cost efficiency”, Tom Jahr, EVP products and partners at Conax, explained.

“For operators, it doesn’t just mean complete freedom of choice when assembling ecosystem components; it also enables operators to monetize new services such as time-shift and nPVR through the rapid deployment of advanced OTT/IPTV ecosystems.”

India's Fastway orders 1 million Conax secure clients

Fastway upgrades to Conax Contego™ – orders additional 1 million Conax secure clients to monetize on North India digitization

• Punjab-based MSO strengthens commitment to security partner Conax to further capitalize on DTH digitization and position for expanding pay-TV universe

MUMBAI — Conax, a leading global provider of solutions for securing digital video content distribution on all networks and devices, today announced that Fastway Transmissions PvL is upgrading to a flagship Conax Contego™ platform, furthering its commitment to content security partner, Conax. Additionally, the Indian MSO has also recently signed a contract for 1 million additional clients from Conax to position for capitalizing on the next phase of digitization in Northern India. Fastway Digital TV Services provides digital and analogue cable TV services in North India, including a colorful bouquet of 353 digital and 30 radio channels. The flexible, robust solution from Conax will guide Fastway Digital Services in smooth digital migration and creation of secure, future-oriented business models for growing its content revenues.

The Conax Contego™ Broadcast platform solution will enable Fastway to navigate the challenges of digitization, while harnessing the opportunities provided by the digital roll-out, such as new pay-TV content packages and easy upgrade to multiscreen and over-the-top business models in the future. Fastway provides services to end consumer in Punjab, Himachal, Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Set-top-box partner, Digital Telemedia, one of largest STB vendors and CATV solution providers, is providing the Fastway with best quality STBs to enable mass roll-out of new boxes and secure clients for capturing the next wave of Indian digitization.

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, Managing Director, Fastway Transmissions, “Through our partnership with Conax we aim to provide enhanced, flexible services to our customers and secure another 1 million subscribers in the next phase of Punjab digitalisation. Key factors for our strong relationship with security partner Conax include expert guidance, flexible, future-oriented solutions, India based 24/7 support service, long experience in digitization and strong proven security track record in both India and around the globe. Additionally, Conax offers us short-time-to-market, a range of security-certified client devices and easy migration to advanced consumer offerings in the future.

Are Mathisen, VP Asia Sales, Conax, “Conax is delighted Fastway has chosen to further strengthen our strong relationship with the upgrade to Conax Contego™ Broadcast. Fastway’s vision and highly skilled team has been key role in developing a roadmap for capturing new market share and harnessing the potential offered by the digital landscape. The benchmark Conax Contego security platform provides Fastway operations with access to a broad portfolio of sophisticated, yet easy to deploy, scalable solutions for building a strong foundation for subscriber and revenue growth during this exciting digitization phase and into the future.”

Mr. Huang Wei, Global Marketing and Sales Director, Digital Telemedia, “DTM is delighted to further strengthen its partnership with Conax together with Indian customer, Fastway. We are glad to see this business model can create great success in bringing the ongoing digitalization process in North India to a new era.”

Flexible media consumption in a secure, future-proof world

Conax Contego Broadcast™ is a world-class security solution for protecting one-way broadcast operations. Featuring an easy to use and highly intuitive management system, Conax Contego Broadcast™ includes comprehensive support for Subscription, Pairing, Fingerprinting and Messaging, with optional DRM control and Pay-per-View. Operators can easily upgrade to the advanced Conax Contego™ Unite of Xtend editions to introduce an array of advanced consumer offerings for flexible multiscreen and Over-the-Top content distribution.

Telekom Austria selects Conax to secure new B2B satellite platform

Telekom Austria Group selects Conax to secure new B2B satellite platform “direct2home” for CEE

• Centralized content security operations providing streamlined service offering for Telekom Austria Group

OSLO and VIENNA — Conax, a leading global provider of solutions for securing digital video content distribution on all devices, today announced that Telekom Austria Group, a leading ICT services provider in the CEE region, has deployed a new B2B DTH satellite platform targeting Central and Eastern Europe including centralized conditional access based on Conax Contego™ Plus to ensure streamlined protection of content assets cross-platform. The new satellite solution “direct2home” is aimed at broadcasting companies as well as telecommunication operators, also widening Telekom Austria Group’s reach to add new business. Via this service broadcasters can deliver their content to new markets. Furthermore, it enables telecommunication operators to enter the Pay TV business without investing in infrastructure. The first Telco to deploy the new platform with Conax content security will be Telekom Austria Group’s subsidiary Vipnet based in Croatia. Vipnet will offer a new bouquet of DTH services alongside their CATV, IPTV and OTT business.

New CEE landscape and opportunities

The Conax Contego™ Plus content security solution will enable B2B clients in the Telekom Austria Group and other broadcasting companies and telecommunication operators in the CEE to secure additional new content revenue streams. Through the centralized solution, operators can position to rapidly extend their operational footprint with a bouquet of new content offerings and wide range of channels and services through a highly secure, seamless infrastructure and minimal upfront investment.

Stefan Amon, Director Wholesale, Telekom Austria Group, “Telekom Austria Group selected Conax as our security partner based on Conax’ strong reputation in CEE, proven centralized CAS solution and open STB partnering program enabling wide choice of security certified Set-top-boxes and attractive pricing.”

“Conax is delighted to be chosen by a leading ICT services provider like Telekom Austria Group to secure its new direct2home centralized pay-TV platform,” confirms Thomas Blichfeldt, VP EMEA Sales, Conax. “And working with the Telekom Austria Group team has been truly a pleasure. Telekom Austria Group has taken a forward-thinking approach to harnessing the opportunities of an evolving CEE landscape in deploying centralized operations for their 8 geographically widespread operations. Deploying centralized content security, operational infrastructure and shared content will create a robust business model for attracting new B2B customers.”

Conax launches cardless solution

Conax has revealed the details of its new Cardless CA solution at a press briefing at IBC.

On a roll, senior executives from the content security provider also introduced a new comprehensive global partner programme, called Conax Connect. According to Conax CEO Morten Solbakken, the company “is continuing to step up the pace of the company’s new direction with an exciting portfolio of new solutions and global initiatives.”

These include deployment of security solutions Conax Xtend Multiscreen, Conax Contego, Conax Secure Clients, and now with the further expansion of the Conax Contego client portfolio with Cardless CA for STBs. Further, with the introduction of the Conax Connect professional partner program, Conax invites partners to connect to the Conax ecosystem.
Introducing Conax Cardless to the global market.

The new Cardless CA solution from Conax is expanding the Conax Contego client portfolio, meaning that smart cards and cardless can seamlessly co-exist in an operator’s ecosystem. Now operators can utilise a mix of clients to easily differentiate between the security demands for various types of content and consumers in diverse and growing business models.

“This is a key market differentiator between Conax and competing security solutions which may require deployment of separate back-ends,” according to the company.

The first chipsets to support the new cardless solution for STBs is a family of chipsets from ALi Corporation. To enable rapid development of Cardless STBs, Conax and ALi offer a reference design where the Conax Cardless security core is embedded. Conax will add support for other chipsets and continuously add functionality on an ongoing basis.

“Why launch Cardless CA now?” said Tom Jahr, EVP products and partners, Conax. “Conax security solutions have always been software-based. We have chosen smart cards as a means to distribute and protect our software. This is the most secure way, and Conax has been and will always be extremely focused on security. Recent development in chipset technology has introduced STB chipsets with increased security to a level where we as Conax are comfortable. This has now enabled us to launch a Cardless solution inside a purpose built secure area of the chipset – and under the Conax brand.”

“Sales of Conax Cardless will in start November 2013. The product will be ready for mass production by Q1 2014 and we also have an exciting pilot planned from January 2014. Stay tuned for more information.”

Durin g IBC, the company also introduced its Conax Connect partner programme, which is is designed to take the Conax open partnering strategy to the next level by providing closer cooperation with a broad range of both local and global strategic partners. “

As a security specialist, we strongly believe that a close cooperation with best of breed partners creates flexible and future proof solutions for tomorrow’s media consumption.

“Conax Connect is targeted at both new and existing strategic Conax partners and will facilitate further expansion of the Conax security ecosystem; providing operators with a continually growing selection of end-to-end, secure solutions for growing their business.”

Conax partners with Cryptography Research on additional layer of hardware security

New Conax Hardware Security Core will enable an additional level of content protection on a range of devices

AMSTERDAM — IBC 2013 — Conax, a leading global specialist in solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content revenues, today announced cooperation with Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) to bring a new addition to the broad Conax portfolio of content protection solutions. Conax Secure Clients are utilizing various Conax Security Cores to deliver the best security solutions. The partnership with CRI enables Conax to introduce an additional and highly sophisticated Hardware Security Core based on the market-renowned and highly secure CryptoFirewall technology from CRI. This new offering will enable pay-for-content distributors to add an unprecedented extra level of security in compatible consumer devices. The first targets for the new Conax Hardware Security Core are Connected TVs and STBs.

The CryptoFirewall core is a proven security technology featuring dedicated security hardware and best-in-industry protections against sophisticated attacks. CryptoFirewall cores are already integrated into multiple chipset platforms from leading STB chipset manufacturers and will enable wide availability of the Conax Hardware Security Core in STBs. Beyond improved security against piracy, hardened STB chipsets represent an added insurance for operators’ investment in STBs.

The new solution will complement Conax’ other Security Cores, smart cards, STB chipset solutions, as well as hardened Software Cores used in Conax DRM clients for tablets and other personal devices. Operators under high piracy pressure can for example combine the new Conax Hardware Security Core and Conax smart cards for a ‘double-hull’ effect or use it as an additional security layer in the upcoming Conax Cardless CAS.

“We are proud to take the lead in this fast progressing area of content protection technology” said Tom Jahr, EVP Products & Partners at Conax. “Hardware security cores are a necessary part of the arsenal of tools used to stay ahead of pirates, both for conventional pay TV distribution as well as multi-screen distribution of premium content to all types of devices. As they become integrated in device System-on-Chips, hardware security cores provide the foundation for robust content protection for a wide range of client devices.”

Conax appoints Binderlehner for German-speaking countries

Conax has appointed Andreas Binderlehner as its new director of area sales for the German-speaking countries.

Binderlehner will be responsible for development of business opportunities and expansion of sales of Conax Conditional Access and DRM solutions to Cable, Satellite, DTH and DTT Operators, ISPs and telcos in the so-called D-A-CH countries.

The German-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, represent a highly significant market for distribution of pay-TV and Over-the-Top content with a cumulative population of over 90 million inhabitants.

Erik Tordhol, EVP Sales, Conax, in a statement: “Andreas brings extensive industry experience to Conax’ global sales team – we are highly pleased to welcome him onboard to represent and drive business development in the
D-A-CH region.”

Binderlehner comes from senior positions at strategic players in the market. He joins Conax from Envivio, and previously worked for Verimatrix and SeaChange.